#horta

[skybson]

My Top 25 Costumes from Star Trek : The Original Series

1. Horta

[sappharic]

i fucking love 60 year old practical effects

this is clearly a guy under a blanket covered in pur foam and paint and it's magnificent

[michellethespacesquirrel]

I DIDN'T THINK I WOULD GET EMOTIONAL OVER A HORTA APPEARANCE

(pocket TOS #18 My Enemy, My Ally by Diane Duane)

it's not common in the shows prior to enterprise to see the world growing like that right in front of you.

i read the words "sounded like dragging concrete blocks over the carpet", and i looked up from the page before i read anything else and thought "kinda reminds me of that thing from devil in the dark."

and then i read the following lines, and i saw the word Horta. and it clicked and suddenly i just felt so emotional. like kinda proud like "hey i was there for that. and now they've all grown up."

it was a lovely moment. and I'm very excited to keep reading this book.

[purrsly]

I just watched 'The Devil in the Dark,' and it's so weirdly sweet? In a Spirk coded way.

Kirk was determined to kill the Horta, that "it had killed all those people, we can't risk keeping it alive," and that makes sense, perfect sense, and yet when Spock offers up the alternative, "it could be the last of its kind," Kirk still has all the reason to destroy it.

But Spock had asked him not to kill it, Spock had expressed interest in it, and Spock had wanted it alive. Spock wanted something.

And so when Jim comes face to face with the creature, alone, and knows he could be killed, he hesitates. At the cost of his life he hesitates because Spock had requested something from him. He doesn't kill the Horta, because Spock had asked him to find another way, and so Jim makes one. Makes one despite all odds, and despite no hope, and despite his life being in danger the entire time.

But that's not all, even despite wanting the creature to live, even understanding that it was only an animal protecting what was it's own, the moment Kirk falls into danger, Spock tells Jim to kill it.

'Kill the creature if it means my captain shall live.'

He was willing to forgo his curiosity, his scientific and Vulcan morals, if it was going to kill his captain. Isn't it illogical for one man to live if it kills the entire race of another? Isn't it illogical to be willing to assist that one man in such a thing?

They switched places, kill or find another way, all because of each other, and in the end, solved the problem together.

Idk, I just thought it was sort of romantic, in an odd, sciencey way. The old, "I love you enough to discover," sort of thing. Because discover they did, and the Horta's got to live.

[threshasketch]

I decided to paint one of my favorite aliens from Star Trek: The Original Series, the Horta from the episode "The Devil In The Dark." ♥

[the-uss-premise]

˖ ⊹₊ ✦ Horta Power ✦ ₊⊹ ˖

Inspired by and dedicated to Devra Langsam & Sherna Comerford, creators of Spockanalia.

[heavensdoorways]

Victor Horta Art

This 1898 masterpiece is a living tribute to elegance in every curve.

[firedragon1321]

Call OG Star Trek corny all you want. Because yeah. But it's also like-

"Here is a rock slug. It is literally different from Earth life on the molecular level. It is killing people. It's obviously played by a stagehand wearing a rug. Except it's not an it. It's a she. She's a mother, and she's lived here far longer than man has lived on her native planet. She lives alone with eggs that haven't hatched, which the miners thing are just worthless rocks. Her mission is one of love as well as vengeance. She feels anger and pain and joy. She doesn't have a voice but she can be felt. Through understanding her, both her species and mankind can benefit. Through understanding, we can achieve peace."